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Jamie Oliver, Turkey Twizzlers and teaching
23rd February 2011 | 4 comments | 1 person likes this
After his mission to eradicate Turkey Twizzlers from school menus, Jamie Oliver is now switching his attention to what children learn in the classroom.
Next week sees the start of Jamie’s Dream School, a seven-part Channel 4 series where the TV chef recruits a host of celebrities to teach 20 disillusioned teenagers who left school with few qualifications.The science teacher is fertility expert Lord Winston (who’s already hit the headlines for... -
Vodka teapots and leaving home
14th September 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
After the agonising wait for exam results and the scramble for university places, thousands of teenagers will be leaving home in the next few weeks.
My 18-year-old daughter is one of them. She’s off to London and is busy packing clothes, books, pots, pans and her prized collection of Vogue magazines into two modest suitcases.In the midst of the chaos, an anxious friend texted her. “How’s your mum coping?” said the... -
Trickier than it looks
5th May 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
Michael Gove’s promise that under a Conservative government teachers would have more power to discipline out-of-control pupils is fine in theory. But if politicians tried teaching they’d soon find it isn’t half as easy as it looks. With reports that some school corridors have become virtual no-go zones while others have brought in their police officers, CCTV and even airport-style scanners to ensure pupils aren't carrying knives, teachers deserve a...
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Tall orders and school dinners
22nd October 2009 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
Journalism is a fantastic job - but unless you're Emily Maitlis or Natasha Kaplinsky the one thing it isn’t is glamorous. One minute you're reporting a grim murder trial at the Old Bailey, the next you’re up to your knees in mud writing about an eccentric recluse living on a Thames houseboat.
When I worked in hard news I’d arrive in the news room at 7am in the full knowledge that... -
Wanted: A Turquoise 2CV
7th October 2009 | 3 comments | 1 person likes this
I adore convertibles. When I was little my mother had a bright green Citroen 2CV and we used to drive through the Dorset lanes with the wind in our hair and Dory Previn on the ropey old tape machine. My dad loathed the car because it was noisy and unreliable and my mum went off it when the roof came adrift and knocked her half-unconscious as she drove along. But...
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Emma Lee-Potter
Emma Lee-Potter is a journalist and author of four novels. She has two teenage children and spends her spare time worrying about the ramshackle farmhouse she bought in the south of France. The wreck has half a roof, assorted wildlife and an alarming damp problem but her friends assure her it all be perfect by 2020. She writes a weekly blog for Easy Living magazine.
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